Are todays pro's better or worse than yersterdays

[jahlad]

ive heard stories about some of the old pros taking a sh*te in the primary bunkers they know their opponents will be sliding into.........as well as mention of pooing into pots!!!! and even smearing the stuff under car door handles at tournies!

party hard!!!!

 

[irons69]

i was speaking to marcus (pred cap) the other day and even he agress the the game has changed over the year,s but put the newer team,s back in the wood,s and they would come unstuck buy the team,s of old ie pred,s nwc bc egales
and if he had the backing to put a team togther and take it to the yank,s
and i had many a happy dump behind the trees at site,s

 

[Mikey D]

Originally posted by jahlad
ive heard stories about some of the old pros taking a sh*te in the primary bunkers they know their opponents will be sliding into.........as well as mention of pooing into pots!!!! and even smearing the stuff under car door handles at tournies!

party hard!!!!

was about to mention that. our manager was among the big teams around then, and has told us several stories. funniest ones are similar to what jahlad mentioned, but one included a snake, another was our managers first game for one team. might have been the preds, and he makes his bunker, and his mag isnt working, his team mate (yes his own team) shouts at him and says' hows the new marker?' only to find he had left a deposit in the hopper. nice

funniest one i heard though, im trying hard to remember, but i think it was rocky cagnoni, and his 'tumour'
that one i wont go into, but i was practically crying

 

[Matty (Extreme)]

heh brings back memories!

Pots that have been plopped in and topped up with paint then left out on prime bunkers.

 

[noop]

Years of teams and tournaments, not to mention the very evolution of the sport; and all you can remember is players ****ting on things.

 

[shamu]

Quarters in the hopper anyone?

 

[WKD]

Is Marcus thinking of getting back into tourney paintball then ????

 

[LV 4 26]

Bloody hell Nick, dont even go there. I bet it was you lot who nicked the Mayhem Banner from the entrance

 

[Gyroscope]

The technical game evolves so fast that even I, a relative newcomer, see the difference. The speed and accuracy with which players snap-shoot, the accuracy with which they shoot while moving, the sophistication of multi-player events (not plays, quite, but that is coming on fast, say by June) leave no doubt in my mind that today's top players would wipe up the top players of yesteryear if not for one fact- a lot of those players are still on top. They are there still, of course, because they didn't rest on their laurels, but improved.

Are you better or worse than you were last year? If all your paintball were paid for, how would you answer?

Coaching in the NXL is the only threat I see to continued improvement, but I am not even sure that makes that much difference to players' overall quality. For every step back, there is a super-man slide forward in skill standards.

 

[Tom Tom]

You know that in any sport an evolution occours.

Look at footy, from players playing for no money and a very different skill to the game

to the mulit million pound empire of many teams and how players now train and develop to become the best.

But people still say that the Brazilian team of 1977 (?) (basically that one with pele etc)

On purely progressive terms would clean up with most teams today.

So is that the question if progression was in place would the old teams still beat the new?

Some of the older players as Nick has mentioned still play and had to adapt to do so.

They are still playing pro and still winning, so it cant be a bad thing.

On the Coaching issue. Its another evolution. They now mic up dugouts at football grounds so you can hear a manager calling tactical changes, encouragement, abuse to a team theough a match. If both teams are doing it then noone is at a disadvanatage.

And if and when the format reaches the likes of TV sports and regular crowds supporting certain teams you wont be able to stop the crowd shouting support, positions whatever and the teams, They may not hear but then they might.

Its always evolving and to do that you need to be training so hard for any level of skill.

You cant now a days use Tournaments as training sessions and more teams are taking a pro stance of partying after the event not before (or atleast so level of moderation)

However thats another argument.